Edmund Gosse
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Edmund William Gosse (21 September 1849 – 16 May 1928) was an English poet, author and critic.
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Quotes
[edit]- A sheep in sheep's clothing.
- Of T. Sturge Moore, c. 1906
- Quoted in Ferris Greenslet, Under the Bridge, ch.12.
- The wizard silence of the hours of dew.
- The White Throat Bartlet's Quotations 1919
- Canst thou not wait for Love one flying hour
O heart of little faith?- Sonnet, "Dejection and Delay" Bartlet's Quotations 1919
- Ah! sovereign Love, forgive this weaker rhyme!
The men of old who sang were great at heart,
Yet have we too known woe, and worn thy rose.- "Sestina", coda, in New Poems (1879)